Voluntary trade promotes economic progress because it
A) moves goods, services and resources from people who value them more to individuals who value them less.
B) benefits buyers at the expense of sellers.
C) encourages individuals to become self-sufficient.
D) makes larger outputs possible as a result of specialization.
D) makes larger outputs possible as a result of specialization.
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Food stamps provided by the government to households are an example of
A) vouchers. B) marginal benefits from producing a good or service. C) marginal cost from producing a good or service. D) marginal external cost. E) a government good.
Sam quits his job as an airline pilot and opens his own pilot training school. He was earning $40,000 as a pilot. He withdraws $10,000 from his savings where he was earning 6 percent interest and uses the money in his new business. He uses a building he owns as a hangar that he could have rented out for $5,000 per year. He rents a computer for $1,200, buys office supplies for $500, rents an
airplane for $6,000 . pays $1,300 for fuel and maintenance, and hires one worker for $30,000 . Sam's total revenue from pilot training classes equaled $90,400 . Sam's implicit costs for this year are equal to a. $84,400 b. $39,000 c. $55,000 d. $45,600 e. $40,000